Charleston County

MULTIRACIAL PROFILE

The 2000 Census questionnaire was the first to allow respondents to select more than one race
. Nationwide, approximately 2.4 percent of the population, over 6.8 million Americans, marked an identification with two or more races.

As is the case with many racial and ethnic groups, the multiracial population is not evenly distributed across the country. Hawaii has the largest multiracial population with 24.1 percent of its population identifying with two or more races. Alaska follows a distant second with 5.4 percent identifying as multiracial. The five least multiracial states (Mississippi, West Virginia, Maine, Alabama and South Carolina) all have multiracial populations of less than 1 percent.

For more on the geography of the U.S. multiracial population, see our multiracial map
.

Number of Races Selected

Number

Percent of Total

Percent of Multiracial

Two Races

3,334

1.08%

92.51%

Three Races

244

0.08%

6.77%

Four Races

23

0.01%

0.64%

Five Races

3

0.00%

0.08%

Six Races

0

0.00%

0.00%

Multiple Race Combinations by Frequency

Rank

Multiple Race Selection

Number

Percent of Total Population

Percent of Multiple Race Population

1.

White and Some Other Race

684

0.22%

18.98%

2.

White and Black

672

0.22%

18.65%

3.

White and American Indian

577

0.19%

16.01%

4.

White and Asian

518

0.17%

14.37%

5.

Black and American Indian

273

0.09%

7.57%

6.

Black and Some Other Race

148

0.05%

4.11%

7.

Black and Asian

142

0.05%

3.94%

8.

Asian and Some Other Race

107

0.03%

2.97%

9.

White and Black and American Indian

97

0.03%

2.69%

10.

White and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander

49

0.02%

1.36%

11.

American Indian and Some Other Race

48

0.02%

1.33%

12.

Asian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander

34

0.01%

0.94%

13.

Black and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander

33

0.01%

0.92%

14.

White and Black and Some Other Race

31

0.01%

0.86%

15.

American Indian and Asian

28

0.01%

0.78%

16.

White and Asian and Some Other Race

23

0.01%

0.64%

17.

Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander and Some Other Race

20

0.01%

0.55%

18.

White and Asian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander

19

0.01%

0.53%

19.

White and Black and Asian

18

0.01%

0.50%

20.

Black and Asian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander

12

0.00%

0.33%

21.

White and American Indian and Some Other Race

11

0.00%

0.31%

22.

White and Black and American Indian and Asian

9

0.00%

0.25%

23.

Black and American Indian and Asian

7

0.00%

0.19%

24.

White and American Indian and Asian

6

0.00%

0.17%

25.

American Indian and Asian and Some Other Race

5

0.00%

0.14%

26.

White and Black and Asian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander

5

0.00%

0.14%

27.

White and American Indian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander

4

0.00%

0.11%

28.

Black and Asian and Some Other Race

4

0.00%

0.11%

29.

Black and American Indian and Some Other Race

3

0.00%

0.08%

30.

White and American Indian and Asian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander

3

0.00%

0.08%

31.

Black and Asian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander and Some Other Race

2

0.00%

0.06%

32.

White and Black and American Indian and Asian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander

2

0.00%

0.06%

33.

American Indian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander

1

0.00%

0.03%

34.

White and Black and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander

1

0.00%

0.03%

35.

White and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander and Some Other Race

1

0.00%

0.03%

36.

Black and American Indian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander

1

0.00%

0.03%

37.

American Indian and Asian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander

1

0.00%

0.03%

38.

White and Black and American Indian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander

1

0.00%

0.03%

39.

White and Black and Asian and Some Other Race

1

0.00%

0.03%

40.

White and Asian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander and Some Other Race

1

0.00%

0.03%

41.

American Indian and Asian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander and Some Other Race